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MORTON B. FITTS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed June 19, 1907. Serial No. 3?9,746.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTON B. FITTs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Minnea olis, in the county of Ottawa and State of ansas,have invented an Improved Clothes Drier, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in clothes driers of that class in whichaseries of frames adapted to serve as clothes-hangers proper, aresuspended from ropes or wires.

The invention is embodied in the construction of the clothes hangersproper, in their attachment to and support'on the ropes or wires, inmeans for detachably connecting the several hangers, means for movingthe clothes hangers outward, and means for lowering, raising, andsecuring the ropes or wires at one end of the same.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts areas hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improvedclothes-drier as a Whole. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of theclothes-hangers proper. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of a clothes-hangerp'roper.

In Fig. 1, the numeral 1 indicates the parallel ropes which are attachedby hooks 2 at one end to a vertically movable bar 4 and at the other byhooks 2 to a fixed bar 5 sup-' ported on posts 6. The bar 4 is slidablyattached to vertical parallel metal bars7 whose ends are secured to abuilding wall, or any other These bars 7 are provided near their upperandlower ends with outward bends 7 the intervening body portions of thesame lying close to the wall. The attachment of the cross-bar 4 to thesesup orts 7 is effected by means of eyes. It is s own by full lines inelevated position, which is the one required to support lines at thedesired heig t. When, however, clothes are to beapplied to or removedfrom the hangers, the bar 4 is pulled down, to the lower position shownby dotted lines, where it engages the lower bent portion 7" of thevertical bars 7. It will be understood that the ,tension and elasticityof the lines or ropes 1 enables them to hold the bar 4 in the uppermostposition when so placed. The hangers proper Asee Figs. 1 and 2 areformed of stout wire, the middle portions the clothes- .the followingstatement.

8 being straight and parallel and duly spaced apart and connected attheir ends. To the end portions are attached wire loops 9 and 9 soconstructed as to be adapted tohang on the ropes 1 and thus suspend thehangers A below them. To form the loops 9 and 9, wires are bent andtwisted into proper form and secured to the body portions 8, and theloops project upward and inward from the ends of the body as clearlyshown in Figs.- 14. It will be seen by reference to Fig. 4 that both theloops 9, 9 are so constructed that the hangers A may be readily attachedto and detached from the suspending ropes 1, it being'only necessary,for example, in order to disengage a hanger, to lift the ends of thesame vertically, in which case the ropes 1 pass out of the loops. Iprovide the loops 9 with a laterally extended hook 10 by which a series,of clothes-hangers may be connected at both ends. The hooks arepermanently secured to one of the loops and also provided at the sameend with a vertical pendent hook 10 that engages and serves as a supportfor the adjacent body wire 8 of a hanger.- The free end of the hook 10has also a similar hook 10 see Fig. 3. As shown in Fig. 1, the clothesto be dried may be attached to and suspended not only from the centralparallel portions 8 of a hanger, but also the end portions 8*.

As a means for moving the hangers proper outward on the suspending rope1, a supplemental rope 11-see Fig. 1is connected with a wooden bar 12which is in turn connected with the outermost hanger A, by hooks 10.Said rope passes over the ulley 3 attached to bar 5, and thence bac wardand through pulley 3 which is attached to the wall above the middle ofbar 4, Fig. 1, the free end of the rope hanging within easy reach of theoperator.

The operation of my improved clothesdrier will now be readily understoodfrom Let it be supposed that clothes are to be applied to a series ofhangers. In such case the operator stations himself or herself at at,Fig. 1, or close to the wall and beneath the bar 4, the latter beingfirst pulled down to the position indicated by dotted lines, so as tosupport the hangers at a convenient height. The operator then applies ahanger A to the ropes 1, which, as before indicated, is'easily andquickly effected by simply passing the loops 9, 9, over the parallelportions of the ropes. The loops may be so constructed as to grip theropes with a slight degree of pressureg and thus cause the hangers toretain their selected place on the ropes. Clothes are then hung on thesuspended hanger A and it is carried outward on the ropes 1. This iseffected by pulling on rope 11, whereby it draws the hanger, now fullof,clothes, outward as far as the operator may desire, The operator thenapplies another hanger to theropes l and connects it with the firsthanger by means of the hook 10, as indicated in Fig. 1. When the secondhanger has been filled with clothes, the operator again pulls on therope 11, and the two filled hangers are consequently advanced as before;and thus the operation goes on until all the clothes have been hung onthe hangers, or the ropes 1 shall have been entirely filled withhangers. The operator then, as a last step, pushes the bar 4 upward tothe position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, so that the ropes 1 and thehangers A suspended from them are supported at due height and inhorizontal position. I thus rovide hangers that may be easily and quic1y attached to, or detached from, the suspending ropes 1, and are causedtotravel outward thereon as fast as they are filled with clothes; and aseries of such hangers may be readily connected detachably by means ofthe hooks.

I claim: 1. The combination with. bars 7 bars being arranged verticallyand having an outwardly bent portion 7 at the top, a transverse bar 4which is slidably connected with the bars 7, and a clothes-supportiligline connected with said .bar 41, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with suspending ropes, of aclothes-hanger propercomprising a wire body having parallel side portions and end loops thatlie above the plane of the body,

MORTON B. FlT'IS.

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JOHN L. KING, J. M. l-Iousnn.

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